Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve final game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest players in the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I think tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?